Monthly Archives: June 2018

Our exciting new journal, CVIR Endovascular, has now published its first articles. We invited the Editor in Chief, Prof Jim A. Reekers to share his views on our new open access and open peer reviewed journal.

Studying the contents of ancient Egyptian conopic jars has value for both Egyptology and biomedical research, but opening them risks destroying the precious biological contents. In a new research article published in European Radiology Experimental, researchers use medical imaging techniques to look inside these ancient vessels.

The development of new technologies and research into in the nervous system has resulted in a shift in neurorehabilitation towards recovery of function. However numerous barriers like cost and value to the patient can prevent these developments reaching clinical practice. New research published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation proposes the use of the FAME framework to help translate exciting neurorehabilitation treatments and technologies into practice.

There is anecdotal evidence to suggest marijuana users require more medication to manage acute pain, but does the science back this up? A pilot study published today in Patient Safety in Surgery, found that in 261 patients, marijuana users required significantly more narcotics for pain control than non-marijuana users. Here to talk about the study and the medical use of marijuana is author of the article, Kristin Salottolo.

When developing a prediction model to use in clinical medicine, the implementation of this model can often be an afterthought. To coincide with the publication of a new Methodology paper in Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, lead author Dr Teus Kappen explains what he learnt about implementing a prediction model and why it wasn’t as easy as he first thought.

Social media is beginning to change the way that medicine is practiced. It has the power to engage people in public health and policy discussions, establish professional networks and facilitate patients’ access to information about health and services. In this third and final blog post on social media in anesthesiology and critical care, the authors explain why social media is now such a key resource for physicians and offer advice on how to use it as safely and effectively as possible.

FOAM is described as a dynamic collection of resources and tools for lifelong learning in medicine, as well as being a community and an ethos. In this blog, the second of a series of three on social media in critical care and anesthesiology, the authors discuss the FOAM resources available to physicians and whether, ultimately, FOAM could even replace peer review.

The way we communicate and learn has been revolutionized by technology. Almost all of us carry a smartphone these days, so we are never more than a phone call, message or text away from family, friends and colleagues. This blog is the first of three from the authors examining how social media (SoMe) transgresses the usual borders and may, in the future, play an important role in communication, learning, teaching and peer review in anesthesia and critical care.Part 2: Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM): the new way to keep up-to-date